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After numerous calls to help people confirm that the server was working correctly I decided to write a media player that would help test and confirm the ability to stream video from the Flash Media Server. This player is provided as is with no warranty or support but I hope you will find it useful. This is an AIR based player. I created it for AIR for a number of reasons not the least of which that it was easy to install and run locally with out the need for an http server. I have already thought of a few additions so let me know if you find it useful. It is simple to use, just enter the url to some media on an FMS server in the following form:

URL Syntax: rtmp://[servername]/[application]/[streamname+extension]

1) [servername]: this is the IP Address, or the domain name of your server. (i.e. localhost)
2) [application]: use “vod” unless you have created a new directory in the application folder of the Flash Media Server installation directory. There are two built in applications vod and live.
4) [streamname]: use the name of your video file (including the extension). The extension can be flv, f4v or mp4. You do not need to prefix the file name with the content type (e.g. mp4:).